Murray v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Andrew Murray was convicted by jury of malice murder and other crimes related to the shooting death of Paul Sampleton, Jr. Over the course of his motion-for-new-trial proceedings, Murray was appointed three different attorneys, each of whom he rejected. Representing himself at the last hearing on his motion for new trial, Murray purported to be a different person – “Billy Drew Bey” – who was acting as Murray’s attorney, prompting the trial court to enter an order either dismissing or denying Murray’s amended motion for new trial because “Bey” had not provided any support for the motion and “Murray” had failed to appear for the hearing. Murray appealed that order. The Georgia Supreme Court found that because the reasons given by the trial court were not proper grounds for dismissing or denying Murray’s amended motion for new trial, judgment was vacated and the case remanded for the court to consider the merits of Murray’s motion.
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